The Brookhaven leader., 1887-08-18

service examinations.
MISCELLA NEOCS,
a PARTIALLY intoxicated mnn made in al
! tempt 70 sw,t1i 70 the Government per at
Chitago the other day. When some dis
tance out he suddenly stopped swimming,
floating on the top of the water. On a party
going out he was found to he dead. He was
thought to be John Mcmahon, a horse
shoer.
THREE st. Louis tiremen were killed on
the 10Th. While engaged n pxtincuishing
the fire n the f'tns OF Bishop 4 Spears
nut warehouse, a wall fell upon them A
~ stander was fatally injured and two fire
men seriously hurt. The loss amounted TO
$l6O,OOO
| FIRE in the Concord N. IL Steam Pow
er COmpany's building recently caused
Sl25.OOO loss to two shoe firms,
The August report Of The illinois Board
of Agriculture on the condition of corn
shows a promise of two-thirds Of crop in
the northern division of the counties; Il de
crease OF thirty three per cent. during
July. In the central division the decrease
during July has been thirty. per
cent, and in the southern division there is
a prospect for two-thrds of the average
yield.
FIRE at Greencastc Ind, recently did
$35 900 damage to ClothiCr and a block Of
buildings.
TWELVE new cases OF cholera and twelve
deaths were reported at Malta on the 10th.
AT a conference of glass prescription
ware men held at Pittsburgh, Pa. on the
10th, all the differences were amicaby set
tied, and work will be resumed in all the
factories.
THE imports of iron and steel during the
fiscal year ended June 30 were greater than
ever before They were 100000 tons greater
than in 1S>5 and 1856 combined
THREE steamers have left New York for
the purpose of repairing the telegraph ca
ported
HENRY $. IVES, the railroad magnate, has
| made an assignment, with liabilities
amounting TO millions of dollars.
PLEURO-PNEuMONIA has been discovered
at Kings cattle yards, Detroit, Mich, over
a dozen cases existing.
THE Southern Pacific express train was
robbed by four masked men thirty miles
east of Tucson, Ari2., on the llth. The
train was dtched by the robbers, who took
S. 800 from the express car
THE Mendoza Insane Asylum, near Madi-
son, Wis. was burned early on the morning
of the l2th.
AN appalling accident occurred on the
Toledo. Peoria d Western railroad near
Chatsworth, Ill, early on the morning of
1lth. A heavily loaded excursion train
| bound for Niagara Falls went through a
burning bridge with awful results, One
| hundred and eighteen persons were killed
and two or three hundred wounded. The
horrors were increased by the wreck tax
ing fire. The dead and wounded were ter
ribly mangied, the accident beng the most
heartrendng that has ever occurred.
A SHELL exploded at WaXhoim fort, near
Stockholm recently. Nne'ecn men were
killed ami many others, including three
officers wounded.
THE Cincinnati, Hamilton 4 Dayton
bridges at Connersvllle and Liberty, Ind,
were burned the other night and business
over that line was seriously impeded. The
cause was supposed to have been sparks
from some passing train.
THE residence of Henry Winston, of the
Crescent coal works, Charleston, w. Va,
caught fire and was consumed the other
day. In the building were two children,
aged five ana seven years sespectlvcly.
the younger jumped from the building and
was caught by its father, but the older was
burned to death,
THE kitchen, dining room and store room
OF the Presbyterian Indian school near
Albuquerque, \. NJ, were destrOyedDy fire
the other day, causing 5000 loss.
AN expedition has been sent TO Central
Asia by St Petersburg merchants to an
alyze the soils and, if possible, establish
cotton plantation.
Two petards were exploded on a staircase
of the building occupied by the Spanish
Minister of the Interior in Madrid on the
llth. No damage was done.
FIRE in Brooklyn, Iowa, recently de-
stroyed the opera house and four buildings,
causing $45G0O loss. One man was killed
by falling walls and another by being run
over by fire engine.
THREE unknown tramps robbed AdOlph
Vleneman, a section hand, and bound him
to the railroad track near West Point, KY,
the other night. He rescued by a com
panion just before ii train came along.
THE giant powder works, located al West
Berkley, Cal, exploded recently. One Chi
naman was killed and six Cinnamon and
four white men seriously wounded. There
were four ex plosions Gud much damage was
done.
A DISPATCH from Fort Wayne, Ind, of the
18th says: The forests adjoining this city
are all on fire and farmers are busy fight
ing the flames and taking care of their
property. The Wabash road, which runs
through Little River prairie, is also ex-
periencing great trouble.
FRED HoPT, Utah murderer, was legally
executed by shooting at Salt Lake on the
llth.
BY the accidental overturning of q work
ing skip at the Cleveland mine near Ish-
peming, Mich, recently Edwin Cox and
two other men, names unknown, were
killed. They fell 200 feet to the bottom of
the shaft. Three others were injured, two
OF them fatally.
A STATEMENT prepared at the Treasury
Department, Washington, on the 18th,
shows the profits to the Government by the
purchase of $780, bonds, accepted at
81 10, is S.2.2 725. Applications were received
for prepayment of interest on bonds
amounting 10 $40, 100, 75O making the total
TO date S35, ,003. 800
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended August II numbered for
the United States i5l aud for Canada 90.